[plug] [link+highlights] Linux TCO: Less Than Half The Cost of Windows

[Grahame Bowland]

On Wednesday 09 October 2002 22:06, Leon Brooks wrote:

> Y'know, if I earned USD$71,400 a year (AUD$130,305 at today's rates) for
> what I do, I'd never miss the extra USD$14,444 (AUD$26,361) that I'd rake
> in as a Solaris sysop. (-:

I was ircing to an Irish Sun hacker on the GNOME project ages ago, I told him 
what I earn at UWA. Expressed in pounds it sounds pretty low. His response 
was "Wow, I wouldn't get out of bed for that."

My income isn't *too* bad for a Perth admin, in a comfortable job that is 
reasonably secure. Although it is tempting sometimes to use my EU citizenship 
and buy a one-way ticket to Ireleand or something ;)

Okay, so everything costs twice as much in .ie. But I'd still earn twice my 
AU$ salary in pounds over there :-)

We need to figure out some way of exporting our IT services to Europe and the 
US, like the Indians that are doing all the phone support. Euros are much 
nicer to earn :-)

Cheers
Grahame